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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Work in the Garden

Texas weather is a tricky thing. It can change drastically at any given time. Today was supposed to be a really nice day, so I got up fairly early to make the most of the good weather. I pulled up dead plants from last year's garden -- peppers, basil, tomatoes, vines, etc. All of the dead plants were put in my compost bin. I trimmed my asparagus to the ground and will try to get a thick layer of manure on it next weekend. My tomato cages were put in storage for use later this spring/summer. I was able till the entire garden in November, so with a little raking I was able to make some rows easily and plant today too! Due to the ongoing drought, I am trying to show restraint and not plant any bushes or trees. I planted 2 bunches of white onions, 6 pink peonies (roots), 12 purple coneflower (roots) today. I also transplanted 4 peonies I had in another bed that needed to be moved. There is a 100% chance of rain predicted for Monday. Please be right this time Mr. Weatherman!

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Part of my garden before the clean up. See the brown stuff in the back? It's gone now!